Teaching My Son Arabic: Balancing Love and Grammar
A second-generation Lebanese American mastered classical and colloquial Arabic as an adult. He wants his son also to have access to the world the language opened for him.
Canadian Teachers Offer a Refugee-Education Handbook
The book suggests practical ways for teachers and school counselors to support and educate children who have experienced war, displacement and trauma.
Are Small Classes Best? It’s Complicated
The writer describes the conversation surrounding the relationship between effective teaching and course size.
Syrian Higher Education Faces a Long Recovery
Professors have fled, students are dropping out or struggling to balance study and jobs, and businesses complain that graduates lack skills.
In Somalia, Educational Quality Starts with Teachers
Training programs aim to turn the tide on quality of instruction, learning standards and attendance
To Sustain Standard Arabic, Invest Early in Grammar
The Arabic used is schools is almost a foreign language to many Arab students, but research suggests ways of teaching it more effectively.
Kenya’s Changes in Refugee Schools Lead to Boycotts
Parents resist a plan to replace refugee teachers with state-registered ones. They also worry they’ll be charged new fees.
Want to Improve Teaching? Listen to Teachers
Isolated workshops led by outside experts fail to tap teachers’ own expertise, says a researcher working on models for Lebanon.
A Refugee Camp’s Teachers Get Some Welcome Global Support
A training and mentoring program helps make them better teachers and gives them new confidence.
Taking a Hard Look at Teacher Training
Experts from universities and centers across the region met in Beirut to discuss how to craft professional-development programs that work.
